However, because there are no roads connecting to it from the rest of the island and it has a very unsatisfactory harbour, the village was abandoned a few years after World War II.

From 1950 to 1960, there were several houses from Måstad that were moved to the village of Sørland on the other side of the island where living was much easier.

Going ashore at Måstad is generally combined with a fishing trip or an expedition by boat to the bird cliffs.

Pål Espolin Johnson's "For Love of Norway" is a fictionalized history of the village seen through the eyes of Magda, who arrives in 1909 to marry a local fisherman.

This compelling, simply-told episodic account of residents of Mostad in the first few decades of the 20th century provides an intimate glimpse in lives lived in a harsh and unforgiving place, but one filled with human warmth.